June 21, 2013 | 9:00 am

The Shifting Landscape of Book Reviews (Indie Reader)With few exceptions, major news publications do not review indie books, even though more than 235,000 titles were self-published as of 2011. This lack of coverage in traditional media outlets, however, has not stopped indies from their rise.
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Are Books Obsolete? Thoughts on the Printed Word (Apartment Therapy)I was browsing Etsy one day, and I noticed someone selling a book that I loved as a child. It was ‘Half Magic,’ by Edward Eager, but the title of the book wasn’t anywhere in the listing. The book was being sold as a prop. ‘Vintage décor,’ the listing said. Which made me sad, but also got me thinking. Are books becoming obsolete?
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Inside Digg’s Race to Build the New Google Reader (Wired)Andrew McLaughlin is, like, California-enthusiastic. Like, we’re-totally-going-to-do-this-guys enthusiastic. The 43 year-old CEO of the recently re-imagined Digg is a believer in the way the Internet can make the world better.
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